The purpose of this reading group instance is to understand more about how data science techniques are being applied in social sciences. What are the kinds of problems being addressed, the questions being asked, and the nature of data and analyses being brought to bear? We want to get an overview of this domain, so that we can then begin to look around campus for specific examples of these kinds of applications. We hope to understand who is doing this, what challenges they face, and what unmet needs they have that we may be able to help with.